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Three ex-Google employees claim that Google has a contractual obligation to abide by its well-known “don’t be evil” policy, and they are suing the company for allegedly terminating them for calling out Google’s “evil” doings, via NPR. “Don’t be evil” has been a part of Google’s Code of Conduct since the early 2000s The former workers Sophie Waldman, Rebecca Rivers, and Paul Duke were fired — in addition to a fourth employee, Laurence Berland — in November 2019 for… Source link

Google employees fill Harry Bridges Plaza in front of the Ferry Building during a walkout Thursday, Nov. 1, 2018, in San Francisco. Eric Risberg/AP hide caption toggle caption … Source link

Three former Google employees have sued the company, alleging that Google’s motto “Don’t be evil” amounts to a contractual obligation that the tech giant has violated. At the time the company hired the three software engineers, Rebecca Rivers, Sophie Waldman and Paul Duke, they signed conduct rules that included a “Don’t be evil” provision, according to the suit. The trio say they thought they were behaving in accordance with that principle when… Source link

Millions of Android users were hit in a well-orchestrated premium text scam. Avishek Das/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images As many as 200 rogue Android apps made it onto the Google Play store, stealing people’s money by subscribing them to premium services without their consent, cybersecurity experts warned on Wednesday.  Researchers at cybersecurity company Zimperium claimed that around 10 million Android phones were likely infected, scoring the… Source link

(Photo by ALAIN JOCARD / AFP) AFP via Getty Images That Google is the dominant force in web and mobile search won’t surprise you. What might, though, is that roughly two thirds of the searches on Google never leave the search results page. That is, the searchers get what they are looking for without leaving Google. These are called “no-click” or “zero-click” searches. The percentages vary a bit depending on device, geography, and the precise definition of… Source link

And the thing about Faustian bargains is, there is always a devil on one side of the transaction. There is a devil, even when that side of the transaction has a corporate motto of “Don’t be evil”. Or, rather, Google had the motto “Don’t be evil” right up until April or May 2018, the very time the company started engaging in the misleading and deceptive conduct it’s just been found guilty of. That may well be a mere coincidence, but even if it is, it’s one that Google’s lawyers… Source link

Silicon Valley is full of lofty ideals. But few are as lofty as Google’s most famous motto: “Don’t be evil.” If you know anything about Google’s culture, you’ve probably heard those three words. They’re catchy. Quotable. Even mockable. “Don’t be evil” was at the top of the company’s code of conduct for over a decade, seeing the company through its exponential rise from scrappy startup to tech giant. The ideal is legendary. And its origin story is particularly… Source link

As the nation celebrates the memory of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Bill Russell invoked the civil rights icon Monday in a plea for action in the aftermath of the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. The NBA legend tweeted a message on MLK Day quoting King in a call for accountability for President Donald Trump for his role in inciting his supporters to march on the Capitol before they ransacked the building in an assault that claimed five lives. Russell framed his message as a matter of “good… Source link